Chartered Engineer 2018

godtabh wrote: »

its not that type of interview

My understanding is that the interview consists of a 10 minute presentation on your report followed by a question and answer session based on your presentation, report and experience for the most part, but that there are always general questions relating to the profession / industry /recent developments towards the end of the interview. It is those questions to which I refer.

davyd07 wrote: »

Anybody have any notes on the standard type of generic questions that may arise at interview stage then?

its not that type of interview

Anybody have any notes on the standard type of generic questions that may arise at interview stage then?

Got mine today too. Difficult to predict how long it will take to arrange the interviews. Time to begin the preparation anyway I suppose!

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A week or two I seem to remember

budhabob wrote: »

In general what sort of notice do you get prior to interview?

Enough that you can rearrange if the date doesnt suit

budhabob

In general what sort of notice do you get prior to interview?

The Megaphone

Two years ago now - submission went in at the end of January - Interview on the 23th of March!!!!

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My interview last year was around the 24th of April I think.

My interview was in May after a January submission. Had to reschedule a couple of times due to exams and holidays.

J82

Catxscotch wrote: »

Received e-mail yesterday afternoon, no date as of yet:
"Interview sessions will take place up until the next deadline. All our interviewers are volunteers and we run interviews in batches by discipline. Not all candidates in the same discipline/company will be called to the same round of interviews.".

Yep, I got the same email! No dates yet but last year there was a round of interviews towards middle and end of May. The volume this year could affect that I guess.

Civil-Potable water treatment and supply

Catxscotch wrote: »

Received e-mail yesterday afternoon, no date as of yet:
"Interview sessions will take place up until the next deadline. All our interviewers are volunteers and we run interviews in batches by discipline. Not all candidates in the same discipline/company will be called to the same round of interviews."

I presume this is due to high volume of applications this time around? That means we could be waiting until June..

I'd say it will take a while to get through them all surely. What discipline are you in?

Received e-mail yesterday afternoon, no date as of yet:
"Interview sessions will take place up until the next deadline. All our interviewers are volunteers and we run interviews in batches by discipline. Not all candidates in the same discipline/company will be called to the same round of interviews."

I presume this is due to high volume of applications this time around? That means we could be waiting until June..

budhabob

Catxscotch wrote: »

Got an e-mail confirming I have progressed to interview stage..Yeah!!

Same as that. No date for interview as of uet.

Catxscotch wrote: »

Got an e-mail confirming I have progressed to interview stage..Yeah!!

Congratulations! When did you receive the email? Did you get a date for interview?

Got an e-mail confirming I have progressed to interview stage..Yeah!!

Panic over, just received an e-mail similar to the one above, that it's under review and they will be in touch. Fingers crossed..

Catxscotch wrote: »

I still havn't received an acknowledgement, Should I be worried? I posted the application on the Tuesday before the deadline,I didn't bother going registered post as I made sure to get it weighed and pay full postage required.

I'd ring them

I still havn't received an acknowledgement, Should I be worried? I posted the application on the Tuesday before the deadline,I didn't bother going registered post as I made sure to get it weighed and pay full postage required.

I did it a few years ago and have been in the building a few times for events while the review was going on. EI are very open about the process

godtabh wrote: »

Its been reviewed by a panel and then needs to be rubber stamped by the Board of Examiners (is that the official term used? ) at which stage you will be invited for an interview.

I hope you are correct. Do you have previous experience of this godtabh?

davyd07 wrote: »

Got acknowledgement today. It just says that it will be processed prior to the next deadline if approved by the Board of Examiners, and they will get back to me in due course.

Strange how some people seem to be getting comments with acknowledgement and others dont.

Its been reviewed by a panel and then needs to be rubber stamped by the Board of Examiners (is that the official term used? ) at which stage you will be invited for an interview.

budhabob wrote: »

Based on what has been stated above i think this indicates that you have passed the first hurdle in terms of meeting the objectives. I got a similar response to you.

Maybe that is the case. It seems like it will be a long wait this time around.

budhabob

davyd07 wrote: »

Got acknowledgement today. It just says that it will be processed prior to the next deadline if approved by the Board of Examiners, and they will get back to me in due course.

Strange how some people seem to be getting comments with acknowledgement and others dont.

Based on what has been stated above i think this indicates that you have passed the first hurdle in terms of meeting the objectives. I got a similar response to you.

Got acknowledgement today. It just says that it will be processed prior to the next deadline if approved by the Board of Examiners, and they will get back to me in due course.

Strange how some people seem to be getting comments with acknowledgement and others dont.

it must have changed since the introduced the 2 year cpd before becoming chartered. It used to be your working day

Alkers

godtabh wrote: »

Your day is based on your normal working day. I usually work of 35 hours over the last 2 years

The CPD guide you just posted mentions an 8 hour day!